Virginia House Bill 1564 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nursing home standards of care; administrative sanctions; Long-Term Care Services Fund established. Requires regulations establishing the staffing and care standards in nursing homes to require a minimum number of hours of direct care services to each resident per 24-hour period, which minimum increases in specified phases from 3.5 hours to 4.1 hours. The bill gives the Commissioner of Health the power to impose administrative sanctions on nursing homes and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations related to the criteria and procedures for the imposition of administrative sanctions or initiation of court proceedings for violations of the bill. The bill establishes the Long-Term Care Services Fund for the purpose of making grants to assist in the provision of activities that protect or improve the quality of care or quality of life for residents, patients, and consumers of long-term care services.

Nursing homes; standards of care, administrative sanctions.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]

Del. Irene Shin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101871D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	11.6:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	27.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	27.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1564
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1564+hil